Photo and Specs: e.Digital’s new touch-screen portable IFE

Portable in-flight entertainment (IFE) provider e.Digital has scored a customer for its new touch-screen eVU handheld. SriLankan Airlines, which operates a mixture of Airbus A320s, A330s and A340s, will deploy the systems on various routes.

Here are the specs for the touch-screen eVU. That 20-hour battery life sure trumps the 10 hours offered on certain other would-be portable IFE units, ahem.

Ah yes, the shrinkage question. I put the question to an e.Digital spokesman and he says: “I have had no reports of shrinkage from our direct customers, although it’s likely they’ve lost a few. Hence the importance of our proprietary encryption technology!”